12MUSP

Level 2 Music Performance

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Introduction

Students who opt for NCEA Level 2 Music Performance in Year 12 will be playing their instrument or instruments at a standard expected of students in their fourth year of weekly, small group, itinerant instrument lessons. 

This is a demanding course, requiring you to improve your self-drive, technical ability, time management and performance skills. 

Students have the opportunity to perform solo on either one or two main instruments and also to plan, organise, rehearse and perform as a member of a group. 

Course Outline 

Credits Available: 

Where this course can lead

By taking music in Year 12 you will be well equipped and feel confident to take music in Year 13.

In the future music can lead to.....

Well, Chief Product Officer for Microsoft Panos Panay has said: 

 “I succeeded as an entrepreneur not despite the fact that I had a music degree, but precisely because of it. 

"Learning how to play a musical instrument and becoming a musician is an exercise in developing good listening skills, experimenting, overcoming repeated failure, self-discipline, and successful collaboration.

“It is simply impossible to become a successful music professional unless one also masters certain theoretical concepts, develops good presentation and improvisational skills and, ultimately, attains that elusive quality of originality that only comes once fear of failure is overtaken by the desire to acquire a new insight, a fresh perspective, and a unique voice.”

Prerequisites & Equipment 

You will have gained 12 or more credits in Music Performance at NCEA Level 1

You will be performing on your instrument at a level normally expected of a student in their fourthyear of study in small group, weekly itinerant lessons.

You will be able to play proficiently one or two main instruments.

If you have not gained 12 or more credits in Music Performance at NCEA Level 1, for whatever reason, there is an opportunity for audition in December of the year prior to the course commencing.

Who to contact for more information 

Jo Suren - jsu@waitarahs.school.nz